Aboutonehundredyearsago?manyeducatedpeoplespokeFrenchwhentheymetpeoplefromothercountries.TodaymostpeoplespeakEnglishwhentheymeetforeigners.Ithasbecomethenewinternationallanguage.TherearemorepeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguagethanpeoplewhospeakEnglishasafirstlanguage.Why?

 TherearemanyreasonswhyEnglishhasbecomesopopular.OneofthemisthatEnglishhasbecomethelanguageofbusiness.AnotherimportantreasonisthatpopularAmericanculture，likemovies，music，andMcDonald'shasquicklyspreadthroughouttheworld.Ithasbroughtitslanguagewithit.

 IsitgoodthatEnglishhasspreadtoallpartsoftheworldsoquickly?Idon'tknow.It'simportanttohavealanguagethateveryonehasincommon.Ourworldhasbecomeglobal(全球化的)andweneedtocommunicatewithoneanother.OntheotherhandEnglishissuchahardlanguagetolearnanditbringsitsculturewithit.Dowereallyneedthat?

 Scientistshavealreadytriedtomakeanartificial(人造的)languagethatisn'ttoodifficultandisn'tfromanyonegroup'sculture.ItiscalledEsperanto.Butithasn'tbecomepopular.Maybethepopularity(普及，流行)ofEnglishwon'tlastthatlongeither.Whoknows?TherearemorepeopleintheworldwhospeakChinesethananyotherlanguage.MaybesomedayChinesewillbethenewinternationallanguage.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

(     )1.Whatlanguagedidmanyeducated peoplespeakaboutonehundredyearsago?

A.English. B.French.

C.Spanish. D.Esperanto.

(     )2.HowmanyreasonsthatEnglishhas becomesopopulararementionedin

thesecondparagraph？

A.Two. B.Three.

C.Four. D.Five.

(     )3.WhatcanwegetfromParagraph3？

A. ItisgoodthatEnglishhasspreadquickly.

B. Englishismoreimportantthanotherlanguages.

C. WemustuseEnglishtocommunicatebecauseEnglishhasbecomeglobal.

D. Englishmaynotbecometheonlyinternationallanguagebecauseitishardforpeopletolearn.

( )4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A. TherearemorepeoplespeakingEnglishasasecondlanguageintheworld.

B. AmericanculturehasagreateffectonthepopularityofEng